There is no doubt in my mind that John Wilkes Booth was a criminal. Some would say that he was perhaps a hero because he was fighting for what he believed in but heroes don’t kill, vigilantes do. But he couldn’t be that either because vigilantes would be willing to die for the cause. So he was defiantly a criminal. (Civil War Times) Lincoln’s killer was born in Maryland in 1839 (Biography.com Editors). Mary Ann Holmes and Junius Brutus Booth where his parents (Booth, John Wilkes). Booth had ten siblings (Biography.com Editors) and was the second youngest (Alford). Booths father was an actor like Booth (Biography.com Editors). Many believed he was the greatest Shakespearian actor of the time (Hamner). However Booths father was a known
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This could possibly explain his actions further in life.
Booth had an extreme personality. He was an extreme narcissist. He was unwilling to die for the cause he was working for. Another reason against him being a hero. Booth had devised plans to kill or capture the president however they ensured a high risk of capture or death for Booth so he never went through with them (Swanson 26).
At the young age of 17 Booth followed in his father’s footsteps and got a roll in Shakespeare’s Richard III (Biography.com). Booth was known in the north but wasn’t very well known in the south (Alford); perhaps he killed Lincoln to achieve the endearment of the confederacy.
Booth once said, “I am determined to be a villain” (Biography.com Editors). He was talking about a roll he had but maybe his desire in his acting career transferred to his real life.
Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865 in Washington DC (Swanson 44). Booth had conspired many plans to kidnap Lincoln prior to the assassination (Swanson 23). None of which worked in favor of Booth (Swanson 23). There were five alleged accomplices to Booth: David Herold, George Atzerodt, Mary Surratt, John Harrison Surratt, Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen, and Lewis Powell (Swanson
This could possibly explain his actions further in life.
Booth had an extreme personality. He was an extreme narcissist. He was unwilling to die for the cause he was working for. Another reason against him being a hero. Booth had devised plans to kill or capture the president however they ensured a high risk of capture or death for Booth so he never went through with them (Swanson 26).
At the young age of 17 Booth followed in his father’s footsteps and got a roll in Shakespeare’s Richard III (Biography.com). Booth was known in the north but wasn’t very well known in the south (Alford); perhaps he killed Lincoln to achieve the endearment of the confederacy.
Booth once said, “I am determined to be a villain” (Biography.com Editors). He was talking about a roll he had but maybe his desire in his acting career transferred to his real life.
Lincoln was shot on April 14, 1865 in Washington DC (Swanson 44). Booth had conspired many plans to kidnap Lincoln prior to the assassination (Swanson 23). None of which worked in favor of Booth (Swanson 23). There were five alleged accomplices to Booth: David Herold, George Atzerodt, Mary Surratt, John Harrison Surratt, Samuel Arnold, Michael O’Laughlen, and Lewis Powell (Swanson